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Pizza shop worker, 72, foils robbers with beer can LANCASTER, Pa. -- Police said a 72-year-old pizza shop employee foiled a shotgun-point robbery by throwing a can of beer at the perpetrators. Lancaster police Lt. Todd Umstead said two men with bandanas over their faces attempted to rob Six Packs on Vine at closing time Wednesday. One of the men pointed a shotgun at the employee, who was stocking a cooler. Link
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Newspaper photo helps ID Seattle man with amnesia SEATTLE -- A man who wandered out of a Seattle park three weeks ago not knowing his name or how he got there has been identified by a newspaper reader as a former English teacher who taught in China. Link
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Stanford scientists scan 2,500-year-old mummy PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Scientists in California are using computer scans to help unwrap the mysteries of a more than 2,500-year-old mummy. Link
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Toy helicopter crash prompts SC driver to call 911 CHARLESTON, S.C. -- It was an eerie sight for a motorist driving Interstate 526 in South Carolina - a helicopter in the distance spewing smoke as it plunged toward the Wando River. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported the motorist called 911 with the report Wednesday. Police and three Charleston Fire Department trucks and a fire battalion chief raced to the scene. Link
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Naked passenger arrested on flight from Calif. OAKLAND, Calif. -- Authorities say a St. Louis-bound Southwest Airlines flight was forced to return to Oakland International Airport after a male passenger stripped, hit another passenger and fought with crew members. Link
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Tunisian 12-baby pregnancy claim pronounced false TUNIS, Tunisia — A Tunisian health official says a woman who claimed she was pregnant with 12 babies underwent a medical examination that showed she is not pregnant. The official says the 30-year-old teacher from central Tunisia had agreed to the ultrasound exam after initially refusing.
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Famished feline finds refuge in literary liaison Christchurch libraries have a long tradition of cats-in-residence and now a new moggy has set up home among the books. Link
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New student IDs in Ohio misspell school name REYNOLDSBURG -- Temporary student ID tags have flunked the spelling test at a high school in Ohio. Link
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Man spells out marriage proposal in Ohio field KALIDA, OH -- A wheat farm has become a field of dreams for an Ohio woman whose boyfriend spelled out a marriage proposal on the land and took her up in a plane to see it. Link
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Hurricane Bill downgraded to Category 3 MIAMI -- Hurricane Bill has weakened slightly to a Category 3 storm, though forecasters say it could regain power in the coming day. Link
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